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Ligand Reports First Quarter 2015 Financial Results

May 11, 2015 8:31 AM EDT

Conference Call Begins at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time Today

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: LGND) today reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2015, and provided an operating forecast and program updates.

Financial highlights for the first quarter of 2015 include:

Total revenues were $14.6 million and royalty revenues were $10.3 million, an increase of 31% compared with the first quarter of 2014 Adjusted EPS was $0.33 and GAAP EPS was $0.04 The company generated operating cash of $7.6 million, a significant... More

Ligand Acquires Rights to More Than 15 Fully-Funded Development Programs from Selexis SA

May 11, 2015 8:15 AM EDT

Ligands Portfolio of Fully-Funded Partnered Assets Now Exceeds 120

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: LGND) has acquired a portfolio of potential future milestone and royalty payments for more than 15 biologic development programs from Selexis SA for $4 million in cash. Highlights of the transaction include the following:

The basis for the development programs and economic rights is a proprietary technology for manufacturing stable and high performing mammalian cell lines for biologic therapeutics The acquired assets include a mix of novel biologics and biosimilars... More